Pauline Tarnowsky's Les Femmes Homicides, Part I

Author: Lin Huff-Corzine; Kayla Toohy
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032140490
Published In: May 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Translated by Kayla Toohy and Boniface Noyongoyo.

This translation of

Tarnowsky’s progression from the original endeavor of identifying born criminals based on physical characteristics to the assertions she makes on the influences of biological and social factors are progressive for her time and an important contribution to the development of the discipline. Her meticulous methodological and extensive theoretical considerations regarding the intersections of her criminal population (e.g., race, environment, time, place, unity, and other social conditions) make this one of the first comprehensive studies on female offenders to use a control group to make comparisons among consistently homogenous criminal and non-criminal populations. She calls upon what we now know as the social sciences to study and explain homicides committed by women, eventually denouncing the importance of Lombroso’s theory of “born criminals.” Some images of the women of Les Femmes Homicides as well as a Bibliography can be accessed by instructors under the Instructor & Student Resources tab.

This historical work is essential reading for scholars and students engaged in criminology, homicide studies, social history, history of criminological ideas, criminal law, social sciences, and gender studies.

Preface

Tarnowsky’s Original Preface for Les Femmes Homicides

Chapter 1: Appreciation of Materials and Research Methods

Chapter 2: Signs of Physical Degeneration

Chapter 3: Heredity

Chapter 4: Biology Applied to the Study of the Criminal

Chapter 5: Female Homicide for Passionate Causes

A) For Greed

Chapter 6: Female Homicide for Passionate Causes

B) For Maternal Love

C) For Sexual Love

D) For Jealousy